The roof hangs over our heads like a large, strange tooth,  rendering us tiny sardines, flipping about nervously, in the open mouth of Dulles Airport’s

In the summer,  there’s a specific intersection on Boston Ave  that is dense with familiar colors.  Groceries cradled in both arms, I pretend that the

I was sweating on an overly warm October day when I passed an empty baseball stadium. I want to go to a baseball game, I

She did not love  her first boyfriend either, even though he’s your dad.  Keep your options open, because she was  the bougie yellow girl  who

On the way home, Q stopped by the food cart and bought hotdogs, then at the flower stand two lilies fresh out of the water.

On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights, Thea had to answer to the name Doreen. A few days ago, her first day on the job, she

My mother calls me while I am on the bus and says, your sister just died in a car accident. They tell me after that

Dear Reader, I did not know how to speak when I came to this country. Wide-eyed and Cyrillic-sympathetic, I learned English at age five. My

We live out a phase of utopia    and short and long hair. & We use future scissors     and future lengths of string.

God has left a lamp on  in autumn’s living room.  Though the humid months  have gone, taking with them  their concentric circles of sweat  and dirt, the air